Improvement in plows



i UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIVCE.

JAS. J. OADENHEAD, OF MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 14,346, dated March 4,1856.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES J. GADENHEAD, of the county of Macon, in theState of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlows; and l hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to lhe accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1represents an elevation, Fig. 2 a plan View, and Fig. 3 an elevation, ofa skuter and part of the foot of the plow.

The letters of reference indicate the same parts in the differentligures. i

I construct my improved plow generally of' iron. The handles a unite attheir lower extremities and form the foot b. The beam c is divided atits rear'end, one portion, d, bending downward until itmeets thehandles, to which it is pivoted by the bolt e, and the upper portionbent into an are ofa circle, j', of which the bolt eis the center. Thisarcis perforated with holes g. The bolt IL passes through holes in I thehandles and any one of the holes g, according to lhe pilch desired, thusdispensing with a clevis altogether, the team being attached to a hookformed on the end of the beam.

In Fig. l a common bar-plow is secured to thefoot b by the boltiand thebrace 7c, through a hole in which the bolt l1, passes. The plow andbrace are both provided with extra holes, by which their positionsrelative to the beam and handles can be changed, so as to adjust thebeam to the height of the team, t-hus allowing the use of either horses,mules, or oxen, as may be most convenient.

The bar plow can be readily removed, and any other form of plow can besubstituted, of which an instance is shown in Fig. 3, Where a skuter orshovel-plow is attached by means of abolt, l, and prevented fromchanging its position laterally by the pin m taking in a hole therein.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what l claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The adjustability of the brace la, in combination with that ot' the baroand that of the beam c, for the purpose of regulating, as hereindescribed, the pitch of the beam, and the height ot'the beam and handlestogetherorseparately.

In testimony whereof l havesigned my name to this speclication bel'oretwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES J. GADENHEAD. Witnesses:

GHAs. EVERETT, A. PoLLAK.

